Pilibhit/Sitapur (UP): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday attacked Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) and accused them of jointly weakening the fight against militancy in the country.
Addressing an election rally in Pilibhit, Shah said, “I saw an interview of Priyanka Gandhi before coming here. On being asked about her take on militancy Priyanka replied that she did not have times for such irrelevant things. Is controlling militancy irrelevant?.”
He said, “On one hand Priyanka has said that militancy is irrelevant, on the other a leader of her party Salman Khursheed had said that SIMI activists arrested in Ahmedabad blasts were innocent and they should be released. He even pursued their case.”
Shah also slammed SP of attempting to withdraw cases against terrorists.
“SP promised release of terrorists accused in Sankat Mochan temple blasts in which several innocent people were killed in its election manifesto. It was the Allahabad High Court which interfered and the process was stalled otherwise all the militants would have been released,” he said.
He said, “Should vote be given to those who compromise with the security of the country for the sake of votes? Congress and SP have jointly weakened the country’s fight against the militancy. BJP rules with the policy of zero-tolerance against militancy. It is our resolve that irrespective of the religion or caste, militancy should be weeded out by the roots from the country and the world.”
Shah said that SP and BSP have been wiped out in the first three phases of the assembly polls. “Do you want to know the result of the previous three phases? SP and BSP have been wiped out whereas the Congress is not visible even with binoculars. Due to welfare works done by the government there is a wave in the favour of BJP which will turn into a ‘tsunami’ by the seventh phase,” he said.
He said that after becoming the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi had said that the BJP government is the government of the poor, backwards and Dalits and it has worked accordingly.
“In the last seven and a half years work has been done to uplift the poor. The BJP government provided 1.67 crore gas cylinders, the Yogi government constructed 2.61 crore toilets, gave free electricity connections to 1.41 crore houses, gave 42 lakh houses to poor families and Modi gave free corona vaccines to the people,” he said. (UNI)
